Bitcoin climbs toward $45K as Russia-Ukraine tensions ease

Bitcoin (BTC-USD +3.1%) is rising toward $45K per token so far on Tuesday, as Russia reportedly pulled back some troops from the Ukraine border back to their regular bases. Additionally, all three major stock indices, along with global equities, are rising as Russia-Ukraine tensions ease. Yields gain as commodities trade mostly in the red. Meanwhile, the global crypto market cap climbs back to sub $2T, with ethereum (ETH-USD +5.1%) surpassing $3K and binance coin (BNB-USD +6.6%), ripple (XRP-USD +3.1%), cardano (ADA-USD +4.2%), solana (SOL-USD +4.8%), terra (LUNA-USD +3.4%), avalanche (AVAX-USD +8.8%) and dogecoin (DOGE-USD +2.0%) are all erasing losses from last week. Speculators appear to be increasing their risk appetite for "bargain hunting" purposes as "the level of geopolitical tension that has existed over the last three weeks for right now appears to be easing," Kace Capital Advisors Managing Partner Kenny Polcari told Bloomberg. Speaking of Russia, its government has been pushing